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From: scott@gestetner.oz (Cyberspace Cosmonaut)
Newsgroups: aus.mac,comp.sys.mac
Subject: High quality drawing
Keywords: HELP !
Message-ID: <434@gestetner.oz>
Date: 9 Mar 90 06:04:30 GMT
Organization: Gestetner Lasers, Sydney Australia.
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We are currently trying to use a Mac for precision drawing and not having much
luck. The drawing involves an arc and lines readiating from the arc.
ie:                           /
                             / <- this is the line
                            /
                           ( <- this is the arc
                            \
                             \
                              \ 
We have tried using MacDraw II 1.1 but even though the arc and line (drawn at
45 deg.) were drawn with the same 'pen' and appear to be the same thickness on
screen, when we print it (to a PostScript printer) the arc appears thinner than
the line!
ie:                          //
                            //
                            (
So we turned to Claris Cad and were able to verify the same problem (fortunately
before we bought it).
My last resort is to turn to you, if anyone has had a similar problem/need and
was able to get the job done, what did you use ?
Please reply and I will summarise to the net. (Please... I stuck my neck out
and said that the mac was perfect for this sort of thing, now who looks bad ?)

Thanks, Scott.
(P.S. If anyone out from Claris can set me straight I'd love to know, I like
Claris products and was extremely dissappointed when your products didn't
work.)

  __/  Scott Seaton        Hardware Group        Gestetner R & D     (02)9750555
 / /\  scott@gestetner.oz(Cyberspace Cosmonaut)|Gestetner is not responsible for
| /___ "...remember, it's a different game at  |anything I may or may not have
 X__/  the game..." - The Black Rat - 2MMM FM  |said, done or thought about.